• Chapelgentry@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Not gonna lie - it looks great. Just wondering what the price point for this will be. I feel like it might be in a weird spot - you can get ebikes from Honda for under $1k and if you flirt with anything higher than $5k you start to compete with gas bikes. Hopefully it’s priced in a good range there to be competitive.

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        8 months ago

        It’s a super compact ebike - basically a suitcase with wheels but it’s just at $1,000. Personally I’d love to get one and know full well this suitcase bike isn’t anything like the Super73 but it’s really to showcase the floor for these types of bikes:

        Honda Suitcase Bike

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            7 months ago

            Sorry about that - not well versed on the difference between the classes. I originally thought an ebike was a bike with an electric motor attached, but I’ve seen quite a few articles about wheeled conveyances that I wouldnt classify as a bike being called one. My bad

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              7 months ago

              No worries, the term ebike gets thrown around pretty loosely in the media and even by manufacturers sometimes.

              Doesn’t help that it’s kind of complicated too: Classifications of different types of ebikes vary from country to country, but basically as a rough guide, if you can pedal it, it would probably be regarded as an ebike. If it’s something where you don’t pedal, it’s probably some sort of scooter.